The beef is that she is 1) die-hard Catholic (not "just" Catholic)and 2) has VERY little fed court experience. What do we REALLY know about her views on the 2nd and immigration??
She's not just a Catholic.
She's a Charismatic Catholic:
It's a cross between Catholicism and Pentecostalism, to include the speaking in tongues.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Charismatic_RenewalDailymail's picked up on this angle as well:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...group-helped-inspire-Handmaids-Tale.htmlPeople of Praise, which describes itself as a 'charismatic, ecumenical covenant community,' encourages speaking in tongues, prophesy, and healing by the joint laying on of hands, none of which are in the mainstream traditional practice of the Catholic Church.
The organization appoints a 'personal adviser' for each member to help guide the member's decisions on marriage, career and other life choices.
Members are also encouraged to confess personal sins, financial information and other sensitive disclosures to these advisors – who were until recently known as 'heads' for males and 'handmaids' for females.
Advisors are allowed to report these admissions to group leadership if necessary, according to an account of one former member.
Husbands are also considered authorities over their wives, according to the group's beliefs.
The group's ultra-conservative religious tenets helped spur author Margaret Atwood to publish The Handmaid's Tale, a story about a religious takeover of the U.S. government which is now a hit TV show, according to a 1986 interview with the writer.
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n a New York Times article last fall, some judicial experts questioned whether such a group could have an impact on Coney's judicial decisions.
'These groups can become so absorbing that it's difficult for a person to retain individual judgment,' said University of Pennsylvania law professor Sarah Barringer Gordon.
Alleged former members also posted on one blog site to describe the group as cult-like and damaging to mental health.
